Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

to enable lowering the minimum temperature in the apartments by up to six degrees Celsius

Just because the government can't get anything done, tenants are allowed to freeze. Outrageous.

Germany is sometimes really funny. Speed limits are taboo, but letting tenants freeze is being debated?

People might build smaller but smarter. And with different materials and designs. The "broad mass" will probably no longer build 200 sqm city villas with glass elements all around, children's bathrooms, extra extra rooms etc. in the future. I estimate there will be more compact floor plans and fewer 20,000 euro kitchens in classic single-family houses.

I believe the broad mass has never built that before. I rather believe that the type of house builder will change. Fewer families with children, more childless dual earners, and more elderly people whose children have already left home. From the financial position, it is easier to build. Regarding temperature reduction... I'm not quite sure how that should work. The landlord does not control it himself but the individual thermostats in the rooms. Of course, you can lower the flow temperature, but that is very indirect. At first, all thermostats stay open longer, and only when they are permanently open does lowering the flow temperature also lower the temperature. But that is not so easy to control.

You can of course lower the lead time, but that is very indirect.

Yeah, exactly like that. If only 40 degrees flow through the radiators instead of 50 or 60 degrees, you can permanently set it to 5, the place stays cold.

Yes, but you can hardly control the final temperature, it also strongly depends on the specific room. And if instead of the planned 20 degrees it's only 15, the tenant will put in a fan heater. You'll probably have mold then, too. Pyrrhus sends his regards. But that's something we've known quite well from the politics of the last 2.5 years.

I'm also not quite clear yet on what advantage the landlord would have in this. Heating costs are additional costs and are to be borne by the tenant. For that, mold and disputes with tenants...

And if instead of the planned 20 degrees there are only 15, the tenant will put in a fan heater. You'll probably have mold then too. Pyrrhus sends his regards

at 15 degrees room temperature no one ventilates anymore and the drying racks stand in all rooms for a week